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ALL meanings of humorlessly

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  • noun humorlessly a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation. 1
  • noun humorlessly the faculty of perceiving what is amusing or comical: He is completely without humor. 1
  • noun humorlessly an instance of being or attempting to be comical or amusing; something humorous: The humor in his joke eluded the audience. 1
  • noun humorlessly the faculty of expressing the amusing or comical: The author's humor came across better in the book than in the movie. 1
  • noun humorlessly comical writing or talk in general; comical books, skits, plays, etc. 1
  • noun humorlessly In a humorless manner; lacking levity or humor. 1
  • noun humorlessly humors, peculiar features; oddities; quirks: humors of life. 1
  • noun humorlessly mental disposition or temperament. 1
  • noun humorlessly a temporary mood or frame of mind: The boss is in a bad humor today. 1
  • noun humorlessly a capricious or freakish inclination; whim or caprice; odd trait. 1
  • noun humorlessly (in medieval physiology) one of the four elemental fluids of the body, blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile, regarded as determining, by their relative proportions, a person's physical and mental constitution. 1
  • noun humorlessly any animal or plant fluid, whether natural or morbid, as the blood or lymph. 1
  • verb with object humorlessly to comply with the humor or mood of in order to soothe or make content or more agreeable: to humor a child. 1
  • verb with object humorlessly to adapt or accommodate oneself to. 1
  • idioms humorlessly out of humor, displeased; dissatisfied; cross: The chef is feeling out of humor again and will have to be treated carefully. 1
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